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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1896
Page
4
In King's Valley and Oak Grove correspondents report local social visits, summer visitors from Baltimore and Washington, church services by Dunkards, sickness and recoveries, and community events. A memorial obituary for Kiss Grove marks the Braddock area notes, with arrivals from Cincinnati and Philadelphia and a colored camp meeting set for August 18.
Work crews rush to complete the trolley project along Telegraph Street from West Patrick to 520th Street. Engineers clear the route as cobbles are replaced and rail laid to the billPreelder. Smith was summoned to a special board meeting to urge railroad crews to speed clearance. The project aims to string wire and erect trolley infrastructure within the next two days.
Purely personal items from Frederick detail visits by residents to nearby towns and cities. An alderman election for the fourth ward will be held tomorrow at 103 West Patrick Street from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The election law will close saloons from midnight to midnight as in other elections.
Victor Marken captured excellent photographs of the wheelmen who rode to Ridgewilie on Sunday. They were photographed in front of the hotel, faces shown clearly. Some photos are displayed in John A. Renardy's store window on North Market Street. Emancipation Day notes report a twenty five cent entrance at the fair grounds, instead of five. Attractions promise amusement for visitors.
A promotion claims Byrepof provides pleasant flavor gentle action and soothing effect as a taxative. It asserts that if a parent is costive or bilious the medicine cures and is the best family remedy, urging every family to keep a bottle and to mention seeing it in The News.
Weather outlook shows below normal temperatures for the week ending July 25 with ample rainfall in Western Maryland aiding crop growth and some damage from armyworm in oats and grain. Northern regions report mixed yields, oats strong, corn in prospect, and storms Sunday night causing crop losses. Frederick area notes repeated showers delaying wheat and promising fall plowing. Brunswick and Buckeystown endure heavy rain and structural damage to bridges and roads.
Printing office offers posters dodgers and all kinds of printing at low prices with prompt service. The 18th section of article 67 of the code fixes potatoes by weight, but several counties are exempt. the 1596 act covers the state and imposes a $10 fine for violations. A Martinsburg couple jokes about enforcing silence with weekly pay and debt for words spoken. A reader muses on lapel buttons signaling politics society or ads. Mrs Haller in Whisner Creek grows a night blooming cactus with ten open blooms and two buds at night.
The Frederick Base Ball Club schedules a game with Rockville on the road, aiming to challenge the Diamond and prove their mettle. Health and tonics like Hood’s Sarsaparilla and similar remedies are mentioned in promotional vein, reflecting era advertising style.
A fourteen year old boy and son of Jobs Jacob Honek near Liberty was badly injured when he and a grandfather cleaning grass from a mower were struck by moving knives as the horses started forward. The boy, identified as John Koo, is in the care of his relatives after the incident yesterday morning on the farm owned by Jobs Quyon.
The annual gathering of the State Teachers Association opened at Deer Park with a semicon in the Deer Park Hotel. Dr Arthur Byars from Cumberland delivered the prayer and Prof Char Kavold directed the musical program. Speakers urged compulsory education and better teacher compensation, while discussions favored Professor Prettyman for reelection.
A patchy summary of scattered items notes misadventures in Hagerstown taverns a fight on a street to New York over a silver dispute and local curiosities. It reports wheat yields global Bible sales church growth and scientific curiosities with trivia about mummies and lunar days. It mentions Frederick encampment guarding state grounds and local youths at Bradock Heights.
One of the season’s great stage events, the Methodisat Autumnal, will be held at Pen Mar on either September 23 or October 8. The arrangements are the most elaborate yet for the park, with trains from Crembartend and Oakland and many other points bringing crowds. Tens of thousands are expected to attend in the Shenandoah Valley region.
A new Washington to Frederick connection via Baltimore and Ohio trains extends layover time in Washington and Frederick. Train 55 departs Washington 12 35 p m connecting with train 16 at Washington Junction, allowing 1 hour 5 minutes extra. Frederick departures and returns updated to 6 00 a m and 12 36 p m, with Frederick arrival at 2 20 p m. Duvall & Co advertise bicycle gear at 11 South Marnay Street. The Key Monument Association hosts a fete at the Rink on East Patrick Street during encampment week, opening July 31, with daily events and a program of drills and music. Admission 10 cents main floor, 5 cents gallery.
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